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The new boss of Britain’s biggest branded food manufacturer has abolished the
position of chief operating officer.

Geoff Eaton is leaving Premier Foods with immediate effect in a move that the
group said would create a “flatter executive management structure” for Gavin
Darby, the new chief executive who started work at Premier yesterday.

It is the second board departure in a week, after the resignation of Michael
Clarke, the chief executive who had been credited with bringing some
much-needed stability to the debt-laden owner of brands such as Hovis, Mr
Kipling, Sharwood’s and Oxo.